Title 30, Corporations and Partnerships

No foreign corporation may transact any business in American Samoa without first procuring a permit from the Governor to do so. Any foreign corporation which has transacted business in American Samoa since 1 January 1954 may continue to do so for 4 months after the effective date…

The permit, if issued by the Governor, shall state specifically the business which the corpora-tion may transact in American Samoa, and the corporation may transact no business in American Samoa other than that specified in the permit. History: 1962, PL 7-20, 1968, PL 10-64.

A permit is at all times subject to forfeiture or revocation by the Governor for misuse or nonuse; and the permission to transact business contained in such permit may be decreased in scope, abridged or set aside by the Governor, or made subject to conditions imposed by him upon …

Every foreign corporation, in order to receive a permit to do business in American Samoa, must have at least $10,000 of authorized capital stock and $5,000 of paid-in capital stock. History: 1962, PL 7-20

No foreign corporation may transact any business in American Samoa without having one or more known places of business in the same. History: 1962, PL 7-20

If the agent required by paragraph (6) of 30.0302 cannot be found within American Samoa, service of process may be made upon the corporation through the Treasurer of American Samoa by sending the original and 2 copies to him, and on the original of which he shall accept service o…

The Governor has power and authority to interrogate all foreign corporations, and the officers and agents thereof, applying to transact business in this territory, with respect to the character of business in which such corporations propose to engage in American Samoa, and with r…

(a) Every foreign corporation duly authorized to transact business in American Samoa must keep at its principal place of business in American Samoa correct books of account of all its business and transactions in American Samoa and of its business, its transactions, and its comme…

(a) Before a permit is issued authorizing a foreign corporation to transact business in American Samoa, the corporation shall pay a fee of $25 together with a recording fee of 25¢ per page upon $10,000 or less of money and property of such company actually within American Samoa, …

(a) Any foreign corporation that carries on its business in violation of the provisions of the sections enumerated on its permit to do business in American Samoa by its officers, agents, or otherwise, without having complied with the provisions of this chapter and having taken ou…